A video shows the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department allegedly assaulting a Black man who was said to be working as a security guard. The deputies were seen beating the man, putting a gun to his head and leaving some to protest their use of excessive force. Cerise Castle, a Los Angeles-based investigative journalist posted the video […]
A Louisiana woman was fatally shot in a police-involved incident after she allegedly yelled racists slurs at a group of construction workers and later attempted to run law enforcement over with her car. The incident took place on Sept. 1 when authorities answered calls about a disturbance involving an unidentified woman and a group of […]
Porter was jailed overnight on suspicion of resisting arrest, however, was never charged. She says the ordeal was dehumanizing. “I was doing my best to do everything right, giving no reason to be treated like this,” said Porter, 33. The suit filed by attorney Yasin Almadani accuses the deputies of violating state and federal civil […]
A Black man claims he received an beating by Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies that left him with eye damage and other extensive facial injuries has filed a civil rights lawsuit against the county. The lawsuit filed last week in federal court in Los Angeles, Christopher Bailey claims that in May 2020, he was dragged […]
A 14-year-old girl and a 12-year-old boy fled from a Florida juvenile home and broke into a house, where they found a small arsenal — a shotgun, an AK-47 and plenty of ammunition. When confronted by sheriff’s deputies, the pair opened fire, sparking a gunbattle. The gunfire ceased only after deputies wounded the girl, who […]
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Two sheriff’s deputies involved in the January death of a South Carolina inmate with mental health issues have been fired, days after the release of video clips showing deputies repeatedly deploying stun guns and kneeling on the man’s back before he stops moving. Charleston County Sheriff Kristin Graziano announced Monday that […]
ELIZABETH CITY, N.C. — A North Carolina prosecutor said Tuesday that sheriff’s deputies were justified in fatally shooting Andrew Brown Jr. because the Black man struck a deputy with his car and nearly ran him over while ignoring commands to show his hands and get out of the vehicle. District Attorney Andrew Womble said at […]
Andrew Brown Jr., a Black man killed by deputies in North Carolina, was shot five times, including in the back of the head, according to an independent autopsy report released Tuesday by his family’s attorneys. The details about Brown’s wounds emerged amid increasing calls for the public release of body camera footage of last week’s […]